Rolls-Royce wants to put its engines in the Boeing 797
Rolls-Royce will bid to power a new short-haul jetliner being designed by Boeing as the engine maker seeks to re-enter a market it quit in 2011. Rolls is preparing a pitch to Boeing as the plane manufacturer works on the business case for a so-called middle-of-market plane, CE Warren East said. “The answer is that we are pursuing it,” East said Thursday. “It’s not ‘will we be pursuing it.’ We are pursuing it.” The engine would be available by 2025, when the Boeing jet is slated to enter service, he said. Rolls has been mulling ways of getting back into the market for powering short-haul jets, with the Boeing project presenting it with an opportunity to do so several years before the likely replacement of the existing 737 and Airbus SE A321 single-aisle models. <br/>
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Rolls-Royce wants to put its engines in the Boeing 797
Rolls-Royce will bid to power a new short-haul jetliner being designed by Boeing as the engine maker seeks to re-enter a market it quit in 2011. Rolls is preparing a pitch to Boeing as the plane manufacturer works on the business case for a so-called middle-of-market plane, CE Warren East said. “The answer is that we are pursuing it,” East said Thursday. “It’s not ‘will we be pursuing it.’ We are pursuing it.” The engine would be available by 2025, when the Boeing jet is slated to enter service, he said. Rolls has been mulling ways of getting back into the market for powering short-haul jets, with the Boeing project presenting it with an opportunity to do so several years before the likely replacement of the existing 737 and Airbus SE A321 single-aisle models. <br/>
